Jon and his wife Natalie are co-founders of Jesus for Asia, FaithCamp, and MissionTV. Jon has a passion for the "Big Picture" of missions. After realizing the amazing blessings inherent in committing all to missions, he and Natalie have dedicated their lives to helping others see the need to make the commitment and a "covenant with God through sacrifice.”

Ramon and Shandy attended a FaithCamp in Indonesia in 2011. When they heard the stories of faith, they gave up their profitable business and began serving the Lord. For the past 12 years, Ramon and Shandy have been running a satellite TV channel that covers all 17,000 islands of Indonesia!

Gayle has been in the mountain jungles of Thailand for around 10 years now. As a registered nurse, she operates a small clinic in a remote village where she has the opportunity to daily tell people about Jesus whom they otherwise would never know.

Sharon had a comfortable job at a federal government agency when she felt the tug to make a difference for God. So she left her job to come and work with Jesus for Asia. Her passion for the underprivileged makes her an engaging speaker. Sharon has had the opportunity to travel to several countries to scout out new projects and see the incredible things God is doing in South Asia.

Natalie Howell, along with her husband Billy and their younger daughter Alysa, have been serving as missionaries in Cambodia since January 2020. They have been working with the Cambodia Adventist Mission to build a primary school and boarding Academy, which are desperate needs for the fledgling Cambodian Adventist Church.

Roger and Roxanne wanted to get their family of six involved in missions. They spent four months in Asia visiting mission projects, seeing the need for the Gospel first hand, and exploring where God might be leading their family next!

Mike and Marilee moved to Thailand over a decade ago to volunteer with the Center for Ministry among Buddhists. When the project headquarters moved, Mike and Marilee stayed to minister to the members of the church they helped start. They have seen people transformed by God’s amazing grace and are praying for more lives to be changed for God.

Joe and Lisa joined Jesus for Asia on a trip to Indonesia last fall. God placed a burden on their hearts for the people they met there, and when the rest of the team went home, they decided to stay. God has created many divine appointments and opportunities for them so far.

Jonathan and Hannah are two of our foreign correspondents. Their job is to travel to various countries to shoot videos for JFA Now programs and other videos that are posted online. When they’re not traveling, Jonathan and Hannah live in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, a city where they are (currently) the only Adventists.

Dennis and Judy are a team sold out for Christ and service. Dennis is a painter, and last year they went to South Asia to paint 14 old, abandoned churches in preparation for evangelism and grand-reopening. They work in the U.S. during the summer and travel the world doing service projects in the winter.

In January 2023 Alesha accepted a call to serve as a nurse in the Philippines. During this last year of service, she has experienced the joy of flight nursing, helping in a mountain clinic, and tragedy when her friend and fellow nurse Janelle Alder went missing in action She will be sharing of these heartfelt moments and a life of complete reliance on God through the good times and the bad.

Michael and Susan are retired but actively serving God wherever the opportunity arises. They have attended FaithCamps before and recently joined us on our mission trip to prayer walk in an unreached city in Indonesia. They had such an amazing experience that they decided to get more involved. Currently, Michael is a coordinator for some of our projects in India.

Jason has been on several short-term trips to Asia, and recently decided to serve there long-term. He is passionate about sharing the Gospel, and helping believers grow in their understanding of God’s Word.

Pastor Chris Donavan has a passion for teaching others how to be disciple-makers for Christ. He has joined Jesus For Asia to help train our Bible Workers.